The current high-school equivalency exam will cease to be in Indiana beginning January 1, 2014. That gives students currently working on the GED less than a month to complete it.
If not, they must start over with the state’s replacement exam, the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC).
Lafayette Adult Resource Academy director Trish Maxwell says while it is better if partial-passers complete the exam by the end of the year, it’s not the end of the world if they don’t. About 10,000 Hoosiers take the GED annually.
Maxwell says the focus of the TASC is not just earning high school equivalency certificate, but preparing individuals for their next step in life. It is expected to be more difficult and could cost double what people are currently paying for the high school equivalency test.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development decided to switch exams after months of review.